Where Does Beauty Go
Clarion Chukwura, Tony Umez, Kunle Coker, Biola Segun Williams
An ageing actress struggles with getting older when she starts to lose roles to younger women. At the same time she is dealing with secrets from her past of the verge of being publicly exposed by a relentlessly inquisitive journalist.
Abiodun Williams
Orijajogun Oyeronke
Original, Acting
Directing, Storyline, Audio, Predictable
This movie joins a long list of nollywood movies that make you aware that we all have limited time on earth and should spend it wisely. It had three potential storylines, three original storylines that could have been great on their own but instead they chose to jam all three, waste three storylines and waste everyone’s time in the process.
What a fantastically refreshing story it could have been, if it had just focused on the story of the aging beauty star and handled it well. It would have been innovative and fresh, untouched by any other nollywood filmmaker and reserved only for the sophisticated of Hollywood ones. The plot line was regressive, predictable and worse of all, boring. Half the time, no one knows what happening in the film, it was so confusing. It was boring as hell, which you really do not need from a nollywood movie. The characters were neither likeable nor endearing and the pacing was really off. Scenes go on for way too long, one goes for over ten minutes and this contributes to how boring it is. There was just too much going on but not enough at the same time. The film is a paradox.
Acting wise, I cannot really fault it. The cast has some very well respected veteran actors like Clarion Chukwura, Tony Umez(I’ve forgiven him for the Room 027 fiasco), Biola Segun Williams, Kunle Coker and they were all brilliant. But good acting couldn’t have saved this. I will blame this mess on the director though, pacing off, scenes too long, even scenes that are meant to be exciting or suspenseful were not. The audio was messed up as well. poor Clarion Chukwura was dubbed over at times and others it just did not sync up. The makeup was top-notch, managing to make a lot of the actresses younger and that is truly praiseworthy.
In conclusion, I would definitely not recommend this. I would steer a lot of people from it because, paraphrasing a comment on Irokotv, ‘movies are meant to be enjoyed and not endured’. The comments are even more entertaining than the movie and that’s saying something.
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